Staple



Feb., 11, 1941;

1 B. BEvcKwn'l-l STAPLE Filed Aug. o, 1939 Patented Feb. 11, 1941 Y c L`UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE i STAPLE Louis B. Beckwith,`Belvidere, S.Dak. Application August 30, 1939, Serial No. 292,722

4 Claims. (Cl. 85-49) This invention relates to staples and more bers inspaced relation to the driving head l particularly to a stapleespecially designed `for thereof is a connecting yoke 8, the lower edgeattaching wires to fence posts. of which is provided with a notch orintermedi- The object of the invention is to provide a ate weakenedportion 9, as best shown in Figure 5 staple of simple and inexpensiveconstruction 2 of the drawing. 5

which will securely hold the line wires of a fence In attaching thelongitudinal wires l0 to a in position on the supporting posts thereofwithfence post Il, the staples are positioned over out danger of thestaples working loose when the the line wires l0 and driven into thewood by wood becomes dry or cracked and without the a hammer or othersuitable tool. As the driving l0 necessity of constantly redriving thestaples into members 5 enter the wood, the piercing points G 10 theposts in order to hold the line wires in posithereof will ltoe in orapproach each other and tion thereon. when the weakened portion 9 of theyoke con- A further object of the invention is to protacts with the linewire l0, said yoke will be vide a staple comprising downwardlyconverging bowed laterally thereby firmly anchoring the l5 piercingmembers united at their diverging ends staple on the fence post andpreventing said 15 by aconnecting yoke and each provided with a staplefrom working loose should the wood of driving head spaced from the yoke,said yoke the fence post dry out or crack and consequently beingprovided on its under surface with a weakobviate the necessity ofconstantly redriving the ened portion so that, when saidA members arestaples into the wood in order to retain the line Z0 driven into a fencepost, the piercing ends therewires in position thereon. 20 of will toein while the weakened portion of the In Figure 5 of the drawing, thereis illustrated yoke will be bowed laterally thereby to rmly a modifiedform of the invention, in which one anchor the Staple in the WOOd andprevent said of the driving members or legs of the staple is StaplefI'OIn Working loose under different clilonger than the other, asindicated at Il, to fa- 25 matic conditions. cilitate driving the stapleinto a fence post. In 25 A still further object of the invention iS gen-.this form of the device, the connecting yoke 8 @rally t0 improve thisclass of devices so as to is preferably formed with auxiliary weakenedincrease their utility, durability and BilCienCY portions I2 disposed atthe junction of the yoke as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.and driving members, as shown. It wi11 be uni0 In the acCOmpanyngdrawing forming 2 Part derstood, however, that the weakened portions 300f this Specification and in which similar Ilumay be formed in eitherthe opposite ends 0f merals of reference indicate corresponding partsthe yoke or the center thereof or if desired said in all the figures ofthe drawing: yoke may be weakened both in the center and Figure 1 iS aSide elevation of a portion of on opposite sides of the central weakenedpori5 a wire fence showing the improved staple in tions, 35 position onthe fence pOSts thereOf, It will further be understood that the staplesFigure 2 is a sid-e elevation of one of the staples may be made indifferent sizes and shapes and detached, galvanized or otherwise platedor treated to pro- Fgllle3iS atop plan View thereOf, tect the metal fromthe deleterious action of L0 Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view, theupper the elements. 40

Staple Showing the position 0f the converging Having thus described theinvention, what is driving elements .when starting to drive the stapleclaimed as new is:

into the wood and the lower staple showing how 1. A staple for holdingline wir-es on fence posts the piercing points of the members arebrought comprising spaced converging driving members L5 together or toedin when the yoke of the staple each having one end thereof sharpened toform 45 engages a line wire, and a piercing point and its other endprovided with Figure 5 is a side elevation illustrating a modianenlarged driving head, and a transverse yoke fied form of the invention,connecting the driving members in spaced rela- 'I'he improved stapleforming the subjecttion .to said heads and having its lower edge pro- 0matter of the present invention comprises spaced vided with a weakenedportion whereby when 50 converging driving members 5, each having itsthe staple is driven into a fence post the pierclower end provided witha piercing point 6 and ing ends of the driving members will be forcedits upper end formed with an enlarged driving together and the yokepressed laterally by enhead 1. The driving members 5 are preferablygagement with the line wire. circular in Across section and uniting saidmem- 2. A staple for securing line wires to fence 55 posts `comprisingspaced converging driving members substantially circular in crosssection and having their lower ends beveled to form piercing points, theupper ends of said -driving members being flattened to form enlargedheads, and a laterally curved yoke connecting the driving members inspaced relation to said heads, the concave side of the yoke beingprovided with a weakened portion whereby when the staple is driven intoa fence post the piercing points of the driving members will be forcedinwardly and the connecting yoke pressed outwardly at said weakenedportion by engagement with a line wire to cause the yoke to assume asubstantimvy V-shaped contour. V

3. A staple comprising spaced converging drivother and provided with apiercing point, and a laterally bowed yoke connecting the rupper.

portions of the driving members and having its concave face providedwith a substantially V- shaped intermediate weakened portion andoppositely disposed auxiliary weakened Portions disposed at the junctionof the yoke with said driving members.

4. A staple for holding line wires on fence posts comprising convergingdriving members each having one end thereof sharpened to form a piercingpoint and its other end provided with a driving portion, and atransverse yoke connecting the driving members and having its, loweredge provided with a weakened ,portion at its center whereby when thestaple is driven into .fa-fence post the piercing ends of the driving fmembers will. be forced together and the yoke ing members one of whichis longer' than the bowed to 'form two converging portions each "lhaving tangential engagement with the wire.

LOUIS B, BECKWITH.

